A pair of adult bluntnose sixgill sharks swim together in 500 meters of water captured with a remote camera during the Okeanos Explorer 2017 Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument Expedition March 9, 2017 near the Phoenix Islands. The sharks were between 13-15 feet long and are the most primitive species of sharks left on earth.
A pair of adult bluntnose sixgill sharks swim together in 500 meters of water captured with a remote camera during the Okeanos Explorer 2017 Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument Expedition March 9, 2017 near the Phoenix Islands. The sharks were between 13-15 feet long and are the most primitive species of sharks left on earth.
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Location: near the Phoenix Islands
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